2 Conroe Police officers in coronavirus quarantine as precaution

Conroe Police Academy instructor Roger LeCarter adjusts a recruit's uniform before the start of an academy graduation ceremony at the Owen Theater in Conroe.

Conroe Police Academy instructor Roger LeCarter adjusts a recruit's uniform before the start of an academy graduation ceremony at the Owen Theater in Conroe.

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Conroe Police Academy instructor Roger LeCarter adjusts a recruit's uniform before the start of an academy graduation ceremony at the Owen Theater in Conroe.

Conroe Police Academy instructor Roger LeCarter adjusts a recruit's uniform before the start of an academy graduation ceremony at the Owen Theater in Conroe.

Photo: Eric S. Swist / Staff Photo By Eric S. Swist

2 Conroe Police officers in coronavirus quarantine as precaution

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Following last week’s arrest of a man who asserted he was infected with the coronavirus, two Conroe Police officers are currently practicing 14-day quarantine at home.

“Officers were sent home as a precaution,” said Conroe PD spokesman Sgt. Jeff Smith.

Upon being arrested for a misdemeanor charge on May 8, a man told the officers he had tested positive for COVID-19. He was found to have an elevated temperature at the Montgomery County Jail. Consequently, he was released with a warrant placed on him, Smith said.

The two officers are between their mid-20s to early 30s and are on paid on-duty injury leave, Smith said. They are about the fourth and fifth department officers to be placed on precautionary quarantine during the pandemic, according to Smith.

First responders in the greater Houston area have been facing down the COVID-19 threat.

On Thursday, funeral services were held for Harris County Sheriff’s Sgt. Raymond Scholwinski who last week succumbed to the virus. As of May 6, the Houston Chronicle reported another 11 sheriff’s office employees were hospitalized for COVID-19. Yet another 244 employees were confirmed positive for the disease, according to the Chronicle.

Since the COVID-19 outbreak in Montgomery County, at least 14 firefighters with The Woodlands Fire Department were quarantined after potentially being exposed to the virus during emergency calls. None were reported as testing positive, however.